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This article is about the possible benefits of weight lifting in teens. Many people still believe that weight lifting can be harmful for young adults, this is simply not true. This article Specialized Body Building Advice For Teens found online at http://ezproxy.ithaca.edu:2054/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ulh&AN=6537339&site=ehost-live provides teens with some possible benefits of weight lifting and ten commandments for following safe weight lifting techniques. The reading should take students about eight to ten minutes.

Directions: Circle the best available answer

1) Why did medical experts once fear weight lifting by teens?

A) The use of Steroids

B) Damage to the growth plates and bones

C) Damage to major organs in the body

2) Participation in Weight Lifting can provide many benefits including....

A) Improvement in Strength

B) Improvement of Self Confidence

C) Improvement in Appearance

D) All of the Above

3) Weight Lifting can improve bone density in teens up to....

A) 1-2 percent

B) 3-4 percent

C) 5-6 percent

D) None of the above

4) The only teens that benefit from weight lifting include

A) Athletes

B) Non-athletes

C) Males

D) Females

E) All of the above

5) If females lift weights they will become

A) Big and Bulky

B) Lose their female features

C) Become more like a man

D) None of the above

6) A proper warm up routine includes

A) Lifting heavy weight

B) Light cardio vascular workout for 5-10 minutes

C) Stretching

D) Both A and C

E) Both B and C

7) Learning Proper technique is important to....

A) Prevent injury

B) Promote proper muscle development

C) All of the Above

D) None of the above

8) Weight Training

A) Improves balance

B) Improves flexibility

C) Decreases strength

9) Recovery time is important to...

A) Allow muscles to heal and repair themselves

B) Improve strength

C) Decrease strength

Directions: Read the question carefully so that you address each part. Answer the question with no more than two paragraphs. Remember quality is more important than quantity.

10) Many products are available either over the counter at stores such as GNC and Vitamin World claiming to improve your strength and give you the body of your dreams. Using information from the article and your own previous knowledge explain the different dangers or risks of using these products?

11) Recently steroid use has become common in some major professional sports. The players that have used these substances have become in trouble with the law and government of the United States. Using information from the article and personal knowledge explain why these substances are illegal and if they improve athletic performance.

12) Teens can benefit greatly from weight lifting and exercise in general. Using information from this article list five benefits that teens can have when weight lifting. After listing these reasons write down whether or not you weight lift and if after you have read this material have considered to start a form of weight training.

The quiz asks the students to use information from the reading and apply it in the short answer and multiple choice questions to determine the correct answer. Using the quiz and the information from the quiz it is important to know that the students in the next class will have questions about some of the issues that were presented in the reading and quiz. The quiz should be reviewed and the topic of fitness can be discussed further in future classes.